Requisition Number: MANAG002034
Type: Internal & External Candidates – Full-Time (Indeterminate)
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Compensation: $75,000 per annum. Plus, a generous leave, benefits and pension package
Program & Location: Vancouver Gastown-Hybrid
Deadline: By noon Friday June 20th, 2025
About Us:
Atira Women's Resource Society, an award-winning nonprofit organization known for its inclusionary hiring practices and where a job is more than a pay cheque. We offer the opportunity to work alongside a remarkable group of women working to make the world a more just place, one woman, one child, one home, one job at a time.
About the Job:
Reporting to Executive Director of People & Culture or their designate, The Manager, Employee and Union Relations plays a pivotal role in fostering a collaborative, equitable, and inclusive workplace by leading employee relations initiatives, supporting management, and engaging with union partners. This position develops and implements strategies to enhance labor relations, drive organizational success, and uphold diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles. As a key liaison for union relations, the manager oversees negotiations, grievance discussions, and labor management processes to ensure fair and effective resolutions. Additionally, they provide strategic guidance to leadership, developing resources and training that empower managers to navigate performance and labor challenges with confidence. By leveraging data-driven insights, monitoring workforce trends, and leading special projects, the manager continuously evolves HR practices to create a workplace culture where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported.
You need to have experience working in a complex unionized environment and engaging in the associated processes (grievances, collective bargaining, etc.), strong knowledge of employment laws and regulations (British Columbia jurisdiction is an asset), Embed DEI principles into policies and practices to foster inclusivity, equitable opportunities, and a diverse workplace culture, ability to interpret and apply collective agreement language, strong analytical and critical reasoning skills for identifying and solving labor relations matters, ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information, effective interpersonal, de-escalation, and conflict resolution skills, with experience in trauma-informed practices, exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences and build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, proficiency in HRIS and Microsoft Office suite.
About You:
To thrive in this role, you should have an inclusive/intersectional feminist analysis of violence against women and a powerful alignment with Atira's mission, vision, values, and philosophy. You approach your work and life from a decolonizing, women-centered, and social justice perspective. You have a passion for standards and the promotion of continuous development. As a team player, you strive for excellence while maintaining a sense of humor. You can think fast, make sound decisions, and prioritize tasks in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
People would describe you as self-motivated, self-directed; flexible and adaptable; proactive and self-starter. You have excellent people-centric leadership, coaching and communication skills. You have strong quantitative, analytical and financial management skills You can prioritize, multitask, and meet strict deadlines and have a consultative, collaborative style and ability to foster strong working relationships.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience as a labor relations specialist in public or private sector.
• Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) certification is an asset.
• Experience working in the not-for-profit sector.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• All positions are subject to a criminal record check, including vulnerable sector check
Application Process
Provide a cover letter with a current resume describing how you meet or exceed the above-noted qualifications. Resumes with a Cover Letter unique to Atira are guaranteed a review. Candidates who lack the experience and qualifications set out in the posting may not be considered, although an exceptional cover letter and transferable skills may overcome lack of experience for some positions. Please go to atira.bc.ca/careers for a current list of postings.
